Dutcher Design Blog

I visited my hometown of Riverside this weekend. UCRiverside (my undergrad university) has a photography museum which had some very interesting exhibits.

I enjoyed the “Jay Wolke: Architecture of Resignation” The write up from Inland Arts.com describes the work: “Chicago based artist Jay Wolke has been photographing in southern Italy, specifically the Mezzogiorno region, for the past eight years. The resulting large-format, lush color images describe an elaborate set of physical, social and political structures, manifesting in an extraordinary folding together of visual information embedded in the landscape. On one level these photographs are referential and documentary but on another they are about what cannot be explicitly seen, what is hidden and implied.”

This quarried hill was my favorite:

Here is something completely un-related to graphic design. It is related to great design of the yummy kind though.

Hot Buttered Rum
1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, softened
6 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses or dark corn syrup
Rum
Boiling Water

With a fork, mash the butter, brown sugar and molasses in a small bowl until thoroughly mixed.
Place 2 rounded teaspoons of the mixture in a mug. Add 1 ounce of rum. Fill with boiling water stirring until the butter mixture has melted.

Options: I always use 2 ounces of rum instead of 1.
You can also top with whipped cream, but I figure there’s enough calories so I never do that.

Servings vary depending on the amount of mixture used for each cup.
Enjoy!

I have worked with Momentum 4 Life since the organization began in 2003. I have had the opportunity to design their logo, website, t-shirts, banners, ads, etc.

Dawn Schroeder, founder of M4L asked for a thank you collage for the sponsors – individualized for each sponsor e.g. PRstore, Fess Parker Doubletree Resort, etc.

She sent a dozen pictures and asked that they somehow be integrated with this year’s t-shirt design. Here is the result: